message that yesterday did alarm certainly many of america s allies and obviously the ukrainians as well. given the circumstances with 100,000 russian troops now amassing at the border to ukraine. the key quote for the president was if any assembled russian units move across the ukrainian border, that is an invasion. yesterday the president seemed to suggest that there was some sort of a sliding scale in terms of the level of punishment depending on the size of the invasion. saying if it was just a minor incursion, perhaps, the repercussions, the consequences would be different. that caused a swift cleanup job here at the white house with the national security spokesperson quickly putting out a statement that was retweeted by the press secretary. the press secretary putting out a statement saying the u.s. and allies would respond in a swift and severe and united way if russia was to invade in any form. the bottom line is it does stir
i want to bring robert back and talk about something else later in the hour. meanwhile, in the last two hours, the president of ukraine seemed to respond to something that president biden said in that news conference. he wrote on twitter, quote, this is, again, president zelensky. we want to remind the great powers that there are no minor incursions and small nations. just as there are no minor casualties and little grief from the loss of loved ones. i say this as the president of a great power. that tweet comes after president biden said this. russia will be held accountable if it invades, and it depends on what it does. it s one thing if it s a minority incursion, and we end up having a fight about what to do or not too, but if they do what they re capable to do with the force amassed on the border, it is going to be a disaster for russia. so since the news conference,
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